Persuasive Writing

Videos

"I Have A Dream" video footage
The Story of Stuff

Reading Connection:

Understanding Media: Media Literacy Basics
Understanding Media: How to teach media literacy in the classroom

Useful Links

The Basic Principles of Persuasive Writing
Ten Persuasive Prompts
Persuasive Writing Websites
Persuasive Writing Graphic Organizers

Option 1: Persuasive Speech

ReadWriteThink: Persuasive Writing
1. Scholastic Writing with Writers: Speech Writing
2. JFK's Announcement of Candidacy for President 1960
3. RWT--Persuasion Map
4. Persuasive Speech Checklist
5. Persuasive Speech Rubric

Option 2: Persuasive Letter

1. Example Letter to the Editor
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3. Persuasive Map Planning
4. Letter Generator
5. Peer Review Guidelines for Persuasive Letters
6. Persuasive Letter Rubric
7. Rubric for Persuasive Letters